"Our Turn" - Fri. PM TNT Thoughts/News 5/11/18

by **Ssmith** Sat May 12, 2018 7:38 am

TNT

Annie68:
I just saw on Fox and Friends,5 of the top ISIS leaders captured ion Iraq. They were lured in to Iraq from Syria.

FullSail:
It is easy to stay Posi+ive when we know many countries, hundreds or more corporations continue to invest in Iraq, a worn torn country with a currency of little value. They wouldn't unless they(us too) know something many don't. Investments coming from all point globally into Iraq, it's all over the news, our turn to shine is upon us as well.

Harambe:
Bloomberg: U.S. Issues Sanctions on Iran-Linked Currency Exchange Network
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-05-10/u-s-issues-sanctions-on-iran-linked-currency-exchange-network

Reuters: Iraqi Kurdish fortunes reversed in city they longed for as capital
https://reut.rs/2wtOI0x

The New York Times: U.S. Takes a Risk, Old Iraqi Enemies Are Now Allies (5/11/18)
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/world/middleeast/iraq-iran-election-enemies.html

Tishwash:
Iraqi Bank receives the best award from MasterCard International

Baghdad / SNG

Iraqi Bank won the Excellence Award and Best Performance of Business Performance in 2017 from Mastercard International.

A statement issued by the International Development Bank for Investment (SNB) said that "the bank was evaluated as the best bank in Iraq by MasterCard International and based on the results achieved by the bank in 2017. The chairman of the bank, Ziad Khalaf Abdul- MasterCard Worldwide represented by its director Mohammed Kadada in Jordan and the Levant. "

He pointed out that "this achievement is added to a large number of successes achieved by the bank in the past few years, which appreciates the role of the big and strong management of the bank and its leadership to the high levels in addition to having a huge infrastructure in the field of banking technology and human resources and technology in this area and in line with the initiative of the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers and the Central Bank of Iraq to implement the policies of financial inclusion in the field of electronic services. "

He pointed out that "the handover of this shield at the bank's representative office in the UAE and after the bank has recently completed all the requirements of the UAE Central Bank to open the representative office."

Qadada stressed the importance of the partnership between the International Development Bank and MasterCard International as a key and genuine partner and after evaluating the bank's vast infrastructure, human resources and purification. The results achieved by the bank in 2017 confirm its acquisition On a large market share in the electronic card market and electronic banking. "

For his part, Ziad Khalaf Abdul, "to continue and increase the trend towards electronic payment and the development of various products and to serve the Iraqi market and develop this partnership in the future and the application of best global practices in the field of banking technology and to serve the public and the Iraqi banking sector better." link